June 16, 2011
WA-ACTE e-News Blast From the Washington Association for Career and Technical Education
Welcome to the e-News Blast. This newsletter is brought to you by WA-ACTE and is meant to give you the latest and greatest news and information from around the organization and the CTE field.
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WA-ACTE Summer Conference
11 REASONS TO ATTEND THE WASHINGTON ACTE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUMMER CONFERENCE " CTE...STREAMING LIVE "
August 14-17, 2011 - Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center Opening Session: Rosa Say, Author of "Managing with Aloha" General Session: Randy Dorn, Superintendent of Public Instruction General Session: Bill Symonds, Pathways to Prosperity Project Director Closing Session: Lysandra Donigian, Google Events Coordinator Click Here for Summer Conference Information Flyer - Updated 5/12/11 Click Here for Golf Tournament Flyer - Click Here for Directions to Glen Acres Golf & Country Club Click Here for Cost Listing – Please note that some section meals have been added...if you have already registered and want to add a section meal, please email [email protected] Keep Checking Back for Updates Click for Online Registration Life Members: Email [email protected] after you register and you will receive a life member discount. Exhibitors: Click Here First-time users: choose "register online as new user" and click "continue" Returning users: choose "register quickly using information from my existing account," enter email and password, and click "continue" Don't know your password? Click Here Unsure if you have an account? Click Here WA-ACTE Welcomes New Members for May
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Other Upcoming Conferences
WAAE Summer Conference - June 26-29, 2011 - Wenatchee WA-ACTE Summer Conference - August 14-17, 2011 - Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center - Click Here to Go to the Summer Conference Webpage WAVA Fall Conference - October 12-13, 2011 - Richland Red Lion WITEA Fall Inservice / Green Expo / WASTS - October 14-15, 2011 WSBEA and WAME Conference - October 14-15, 2011 FACSE Fall Conference - October 23-25, 2011 - Wenatchee WA-ACTE Fall Conference - November 3-4, 2011 - SeaTac Marriott ACTE Convention - November 17-19, 2011 - St. Louis
Save the Date October 14 & 15, 2011 Fourth Annual Green Industrial Business and Career Expo
The Expo will include award-winning student exhibits and teacher presentations, tours of unique industrial sites and opportunities for teachers to brush up on metal fabricating and construction skills in hands-on workshops taught by apprenticeship instructors. The Expo will be held at the Puget Sound Industrial Excellence Center north of Boeing Field. Registration is $75. Cosponsors include the Manufacturing Industrial Council, the Washington Association for Skilled and Technical Sciences (WASTS), the Washington Industrial Technology Education Association (WITEA), and OSPI. Grants are available to defray costs of substitute teachers for district’s not participating in the state in-service day on Oct. 14. Links
CTE and FCS Teachers - Earn a Master’s Degree With a Specialization in FCS or Career and Technical Education Two CTE Options for Applying for CWU Residency School Principal Certification CTE Plan 2 Business and Industry Teacher Preparation Cross Credit for Undergrad/Graduate Credits CTE Director Certificate Program and Articulation Options for Master of Science Degree and Principal Certification
Association for Career and Technical Education
Student Video PSA Contest
CTE teachers, help your students start preparing now for ACTE's annual student video public service announcement contest this fall! Videos should be 29 seconds in length, promote CTE and include the CTE Month 2012 logo. Get all the rules and details on the submission process at ACTE's PSA Contest headquarters.
Spotlight on CTE
After 47 years, teacher is retiring Highline High School business teacher Dave Craig has taught in the same school — mostly in the same room — since 1964. After nearly a half-century of teaching, Craig plans to retire in June. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015219839_craig03m.html
Seattle Solar Day June 19, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Washington State Convention Center Free to the Public!
See local students display their solar-powered projects at the High School Solar Design Competition (participating schools include Ballard High School, Nathan Hale High School, and Sealth International High School.
Job Openings (Please note that some of these openings may no longer be available.)
Kennewick School District Kennewick High School Family & Consumer Sciences 1.0 Continuing position – 2011-2012 school year Posting and application information: https://kennewick.schoolrecruiter.net/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=1308#aTopOfApplicantTabs
The White Salmon Valley School District/Columbia High School has a job opening for an Agriculture teacher. Columbia High School is seeking a .67 up to .83 FTE depending on other Secondary Education certifications held in connection with this available teaching position. See attached job description for details.
Highland School District is accepting applications for the following position: High School Business/Marketing CTE Teacher, 1.0 Washington certificate and appropriate endorsement required for the above position; Applicants must meet all criteria for CTE funding as set by the state.
Application and posting available at www.highland.wednet.edu Highland School District, 17000 Summitview Cowiche, (509) 678-4173. EOE
Willapa Valley Middle & High School consisting of 100 high school students has an opening for a full-time Ag/Shop/Horticulture/CAD anything you can do in the shop area teaching position. Contact: Ann Taylor Willapa Valley High School PO Box 128, Menlo, WA 98577 Phone: 360-942-3279, FAX: 360-942-2404 [email protected]
Mount Vernon AG/Shop/Tech position: http://164.116.116.9/jobs.asp?pagenumber=101#Post1652
1. Select MVSD Online Application System to review all open certificated vacancies and to apply online. 2. Search For Jobs/New Applicant 3. Select the Search button to look for the job opening and to create a new profile. 4. Select the High School location and submit a “search” to view the AG/Shop/Tech position
This is a posting from Elma School District for a CTE teacher. It is currently a 0.8 position. We have an Auto Teacher who is retiring and are looking to update and re-focus the program directed towards small engines, fabrication, welding, and robotics/electronics. Feel free to contact Christi Kershaw at [email protected] or (360) 470-3972. This position could be filled with T&I or Ag credentials.
Opening for a full-time ASL teacher at Kingston High School for next school year. It is currently open on the North Kitsap School District website www.nkschools.org
Patrick Olsen ATC, L/AT Director Career and Technical Education North Kitsap School District (360) 779-8859 (office) (360) 710-9248 (cell) (360) 598-1046 (fax) [email protected]
The Northshore School District has just posted a full-time position for Junior High STEM/ Tech Ed @ Canyon Park Junior High School.
Damen Schuneman Director Career & College Readiness Northshore School District [email protected] 425-408-7718
Delta High School has two positions open 1.0 Technology Education (Drafting/CAD) .5 Business Education (Multimedia)
Postings may be found at: Richland School District: www.rsd.edu , http://edrmonline.rsd.edu/app/app_OpenPositionsCert.asp Kennewick School District: www.ksd.org , https://kennewick.schoolrecruiter.net/Index.aspx Evergreen School District / Heritage High School Email: [email protected] We have a position open in our district for a 1.0 one year only position. It is a Food Science/Pro Foods position. https://hr.enumclaw.wednet.edu/edrmonline/app/app_OpenPositionsCert.asp
2011-10 LOCATION: Enumclaw High School POSITION: 1.0 CTE Family Health Instructor--Family and Consumer Science
To submit job openings for the WA-ACTE e-News Blast, please send the following to [email protected] - please do not send attachments. Link to school district website Link to job posting on website Short description
Other Information
Bethel School District has adopted new CORD hardbound textbooks and no longer need the CORD Applied Mathematics Unit Booklets, which are available for sale (hundreds of unit B-36). Most of the booklets are a couple of years old and are in good condition. The texts are being sold for $2.00 per unit booklet and they can to be picked up at the Bethel S.D. warehouse.
Please contact: George Aszklar Assistant Director Career Technical Education Bethel School District (253) 683-6908 [email protected]
Convergence of ABE and Community College Curriculum Academy Learners learn best when they form pathways for recall and by making connections between what they already know and new information insures that they will create the pathways necessary for recall. CORD recommends that educational organizations implementing Adult Career Pathways should also provide faculty members with the tools to improve the performance of the learners in their respective classrooms. This academy focuses on helping the participants—ABE and College faculty—to construct their own knowledge of convergence of ABE and Community College Curriculum. In other words, facilitate the process of discovering how what they are doing works or doesn’t work and how to utilize strategies designed specifically for developing deeper understanding of key concepts both academic and CTE among the students in this bridge program. Adults enter education settings with a tremendous knowledge base. Many times in helping this group move to the next level, we have to uncover what they know and help them align what they know with the content as it is taught at the college. Multiple Intelligences will also be explored. The associated evidence- based practices will be demonstrated so that faculty members are able to immediately begin implementing practices that will make a difference in the adult learners’ performance. With increased emphasis on rigorous curriculum, it is even more important to make the connections between rigorous academic content and relevant applications of that content through Career Technical Education. Four Keys to Improving the Adult Learners’ Performance: 1. Communicate expectations 2. Use evidence-based teaching strategies 3. Align rigorous standards vertically as well as horizontally 4. Align content and assessment Developing evidence-based teaching strategies to improve performance; Discovering the rigorous academic content embedded in work-based learning & CTE programs; Using Life Roles as a context for learning; Rigor, Relevance, and Relationships: Critical for Engaging All Learners; and Making connections with Project-based Learning, Career Portfolios, and Projects.
This professional development program will be designed around local teams (faculty members, workforce development, CBO) and will be delivered via a kick-off 2-day workshop followed by six weeks of asynchronous online assignments and support via Blackboard. At the end of the six-weeks online training the teams will come back again for another 2-day face-to-face training. Faculty will be expected to participate both face-to-face and online. Faculty members will share their experiences implementing the strategies learned in the educational offering and will learn from each other. Faculty reflections of classroom experiences and learning are a major component of this professional development.
For More Information about bringing this staff development opportunity to your site, contact: Debra Mills, Vice President, Partnerships; CORD; 217.247.9930; [email protected]
Debbie Mills Vice President Partnerships; CORD
Illinois Office: 13363 E. 450 North Road; Indianola, IL 61850; 217.247.9930; cell-217.260.1865; [email protected] CORD Headquarters: 601 Lake Air Drive; Waco, TX www.cord.org www.ncpn.info www.adultcareerpathways.org www.acp-sc.org
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